Game device.



G. H. GESSNER.

GAME DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.14, 1914.

1,106,090. Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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G. H. GESSNER.

GAME DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 11.14, 1914.

1,106,090. Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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CHARLES H. GESSNER, 0F BERGENFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

GAME DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 4, 19314.

Application filed Janiiary 14, 1914. a Serial No. 811,952.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES H. GnssNnn, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Bergenfield, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game De vices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to game devices or apparatus, and the object thereof is to provide a device of this class which is designed to entertain and amuse, and which is also designed to illustrate the method of operating on the various exchanges of the country, and particularly the stock exchange, and with these and other objects in view, the invention consists in a device of the class specified, constructed and operated as here inafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a face or plan view of my improved game device ;-Fig. 2 an enlarged section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;Fig. 3 an enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;Fig. 4 a sectional front view of a boxshaped member forming part of my improved game device, and on an enlarged scale, and a plan view of which is given in Fig. 1;--Fig. 5 a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4;F:ig. 6 a view showing the face of a name wheel which I employ extended, said name wheel being shown in section in Figs. land 5;-Fig. 7 a section on the lines 77 of Figs. 4 and 5;Fig. 8 an enlarged section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 9 a face view of part of a price tape which I employ.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a base board a. which is preferably stamped from sheet metal and provided with downwardly or backwardly directed flanges a and said board is preferably rectangular in form, and for the purpose of this de scription, the end a will be called the upper end and the end a the lower end of said board. The upper right. hand corner of the board a is provided with an oblong box I), the length of which is approximately of the'width of the board, and at the lea side of said board are two parallel rows of card receptacles 0 adapted to receive the price cards (Z, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The card receptacles c are preferably stamped in the material of the board, and are preferably triangular in form, as shown in Fig. 3, and this construction facilitates the operation of placing the cards in and removing them from said receptacles.

At the right side of the board are placed account card receptacles c which are made in the same manner and are of the same form, but larger than, the receptacle 0, and which are intended to receive account cards f.

That part of the board, below the box 6 and between the card receptacles c and c is provided with a plurality of raised ribs 9, forming parallel spaces the side walls of which are provided with rabbet grooves forming corresponding shoulders and the parallel spaces which are arranged longitudinally of the board, are designed to receive the price cards (Z, in the playing of the game, which are taken from the receptacle c and placed in the spaces 7 as hereinafter described.

The price cards (Z are, in the construction shown, divided into series of 4:0, and each series is provided with a number, the nu1nbers on the cards of the separate series, in the construction shown, ranging from 81 to 70, inclusive.

The account cards f are intended to designate and be used by the players. and these cards are designated as long cards or short cards, and are also numbered from 1 to 6, and in practice, one long and one short card is placed in each receptacle, and the two cards placed in a receptacle bear the same number.

At the top of the spaces 9 which in the construction shown are six in number, are placed the names of the stocks to be traded in, in playing the game, which are also six in number, and which, in the construction shown, are designated as Copper, Reading, Sugar, Goldfield, Steel, and New vHaven. Above the names of the stocks are placed card receptacles c which are the same as the card receptacles e, and are also adapted to receive the accountcards f. a y

The box Z) is provided with a downwardly inclined front face 6 in the central-portion of which is a rectangular opening 6 pref erably closed by a transparent plate 6 and in the right end portion of the face of the box Z) is another aperture 6 and this is also preferably closed by a transparent panel 6 In the opposite end portions of the box b are vertical shafts h and i, and said shafts are provided centrally with beveled gear wheels 72? and i and mounted in the end portions of the box are short shafts h and 2' having beveled gears h? and i which mesh with the gears 7L2 and 2' and these shafts and beveled gears may be operated by a crank preferably made detachable. Mounted on one of the shafts h-2', the shaft 2', as shown in the drawings, and above the beveled gear wheel i is a name wheel is, on the face of which the names of the stocks to be dealt in are represented by abbreviated characters, as

shown in Fig. 6, and on which the stocks,

Comer Readin Su ar etc. are

abbreviated as (1., Kg, 8., Gy.,

adapted to be rotated, or turned, on said shaft by hand, this result being accomplished by means of a sleeve m passed downwardly through the top of the box Z) and secured. to said wheel and provided at its top with a rim m and a nut m is mounted on the shaft 2' and bears on said sleeve or the rim thereof, and when the said nut is loosened, the sleeve m and wheel may be turned by hand. The shafts 7L and t are also provided at the bottom thereof with disks 71 and and in practice, a price tape a is connected with and wound on one of said shafts, the shaft in, as shown in the drawings, and is passed around guide rollers 0 on the opposite sides of the aperture 6 and connected with the shaft 2', and in playing the game, as hereinafter described, said tape is wound on the shaft 2' until it is fully withdrawn from the shaft h, after which it must be rewound on said shaft 7L, and this is done, as will be understood, by the crank The rollers 0 are supported by top and bottom plates 0 and 0 having ears 0 in which said rollers are mounted, and these rollers are also arranged at an angle, or parallel with, the front face of the box 6, in order that the numbers on said tape may be clearly seen through the aperture 6 The tape a may be of any desired length and is provided throughout its length with numerals arranged in series of six each, in the construction shown, and said tape is also provided at predetermined intervals with the abbreviated characters Mkt open, intended to indicate the opening of the market, and said tape is also provided intermediate of its ends, and at predetermined points, with the abbreviated characters Mktclosed, meaning the closing of the market; and said tape is also provided at predetermined intervals with the words, Bear raid and Good statement, the word statement, being indicated by Stmt, and. in addition to the foregoing, the tape a is provided with words and abbreviated characters to indicate Bull movement, Bad statement and ar news.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the tape is divided into separate parts, separated by the words Mkt open, and Mkt closed, and each of these represent a game, and these parts are also preferably provided at intervals, with words indicating Good statement, and Bear raid, W'ar news, Bad statement and Bull movement,

and these parts are not necessarily of thesame length, and said parts are provided with numerals divided into series of six each. i

In Fig. 9 of the drawing, I have shown at p, a part of the tape a, on one end of which are placed the characters Mkt closed, and the tape, between these two characters, is provided with numerals and other characters of the first game, which is shown played on the board a in Fig. 1, the first six numerals appearing on said tape being 48, 69, 11, 33, 65, and 5%, which are shown under the headings Sugar. Goldfield, Beading, Copper, Steel, and New Haven, rcspeo tively, and other numerals appearing on the tape, after the said named numerals are shown in Fig. 1. In other words, the first game on the tape n, or between N (I; open and Mkt closed, is shown in Fig. 1, while the games'following the first, which may be five or more in number, will be provided with numerals and characters, and will vary in length.

The Operation of playing the game will be readily understood from the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof: In 1, I have shown the first characters Mkt open, on the tape a, appearing in the aperture 6 and in the aperture 6 I have shown the abbreviated characters N H, designating New Haven, which appear on the face of the wheel is, and in this position of the parts, the game is started. The first revolution of the crank 1' will wind the tape 'It on the shaft i to such an extent that the first numeral, 48, on the tape n will appear in the aperture Z9 and at the same time, the character S. on the wheel is, designating Sugar, will appear in the aperture 5 and on the 2nd, 3rd, dth, 5th and 6th revolutions of said crank j", the numerals 69 l1, 33,

65 and 54, will appear in the aperture 6 while the abbreviated characters Gy, Hg, C, U S, and N H, will appear in the aperture Z),- in other words, the first six characters appearing after Mkt open on the tape 7, shown in Fig. 9, will be the opening prices of the different stocks, as above described, and the prices appearing on said tape after those hereinbef'ore named, will be shown on the cards placed in the spaces in Fig. 1, it being understood that on the appearance of different numerals and characters in the apertures and b the said numerals will be taken from the price card receptacles o and placed in the spaces or in the rabbet grooves 9 as shown in Fig. 2, under the stock heading appearing in the space Z) at the same time.

In the first game, which is shown played on the board a in Fig. 1, the Reading stock increases gradually from 4:1, to 59 inclusive, while the other stocks either increase, decrease or fluctuate irregularly, and

the prices thereof also repeat occasionally.

This repetition would not necessitate the placing of cards bearing the same numerals in the spaces 9 and this explains the irregularity of the lengths of the different stock prices. It will be understood that the other games on the tape n differ in all respects, some being shorter and others longer than that shown in said figure.

In playing all the games on the tape a, from Mkt open, first game, to Mkt closed, last game, without operating the wheel is, on which the abbreviated characters designating the stocks are marked, independently of the shaft 71, each consecutive game will open with a different stock from that preceding, but said wheel Itmay be operated independently of the shaft 2', at the end of each game, so as to open the next fol lowing game with any desired stock.

It will also be understood that it is not essential to play all the games on the tape before it is rewound, and the same may be rewound at the end of any game, and although I have shown only one account card used in playing each stock, it will be understood that any number of' accounts can be played on one stock, in other words, this game will be an exact imitation of the stock market.

The object of the game is to obtain the most number of points to the credit of each party playing the same, and as will be seen, each party may play one or more accounts, and for the purpose of this description, suppose Smith is playing account No. 1, Brown account No. 2 and Jones account No. 3. In Fig. 1, or the first game, Smith plays long on Copper, and short on Steel, while Brown plays long on New Haven and short on Sugar, and Jones plays long on G-oldfield and short on Reading. Of course, a party playing long on any stock, desires the same to advance, and in playing short, said party desires said stock to decline, and from the foregoing, it will be seen that Smiths long account credits him with one point, while his short account debits him three points, his total score therefore bein minus two points, and by tracing Browns and J'oness accounts in the same manner, it will be found that Browns total score is minus 31, while J oness total score is minus 26. The winner of the first game will therefore be Smith with minus two points, Jones being second with minus twenty-six points, while Brown is third with minus thirtyone points, and although the scores are all minus, in this particular game, it will be understood that a different placement of the account cards under different stock headings would change the result 01' the game, as would also the opening of said game with a different stock, and it will therefore be practically impossible to play two games exactly alike, unless it is done intentionally.

It will be understood, of course, that a )layer may play any stock that he desires to by placing his account card over said stock, and any number of players may play the same stock, or any other stock or stocks, as they may desire.

\Vith the construction and arrangement shown, any number of players up to 12 may engage in the game, but the preferred num ber of players will be six, and while, in the construction shown, the price tape is divided into separate series of numbers, having six separate numbers in each series, and the board divided into six stock spaces and provided with six receptacles for stock account cards, independent of the stock spaces, and while the name wheel 7c is also provided with but six name abbreviations representing as many stocks, it will be understood, that the invention is not limited to this arrangement, and. any other number may be employed.

It will also be imderstood, that while I have shown and described a practical mechanical construction for carrying my invention into effect, as exemplified by the box I) and its contents, my invention is not limited thereto, and changes therein and modifications thereof, as well as changes in and 1n0difications of the construction of the board a, may also be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages, the principal features of the invention being the price tape a and the method of dividing it, and applying series of numorals thereto, together with any other stock or exchange legends that may be desired, and the name wheel and the number of abbreviations or name characters applied thereto, and

it will also be understood that these features of the invention may also be changed or modified to any desired extent within the scope of the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A stock game device of the class described involving a price tape divided into separate series of numerals each of which comprises a predetermined number of numerals.

2. A stock game device of the class de scribed involving a price tape divided into separate series of numerals each of which comprises a predetermined number of numerals, and which is also provided at predetermined intervals with the legends Mkt open and Mkt closed 3. in stock game device of the class descrioed involving a price tape divided into separate series of numerals each of which comprises a predetermined number of numerals, and which is also provided at predetermined intervals with the legends Mkt open and Mkt closed, between which are placed at intervals, other legends consisting of Good statement, Bear raid Bull move Bad statement and War news.

at. A stock game device of the class described involving a price tape divided into separate series of numerals each of which comprises a predetermined number of numerals, and a name wheel provided with a predetermined number of letter abbreviations indicating the names of predetermined articles to be traded in.

5. In a stock game device of the class described, a base board provided at one end thereof with a box containing a price tape and means for operating the same, said base board being provided at one side with receptacles for price *ards and at the other side with receptacles for account cards, and the space between the receptacles for price cards and the receptacles for account cards being divided. into longitudinal spaces adapted to receive the price cards, and between which and said box are other spaces adapted to receive the account cards, and between which and said. longitudinal spaces are placed the names of the stocks to be traded in.

6. In a stock game device of the class described, a base board the central portion of which is divided into longitudinal spaces adapted to receive price cards at the tops of which are placed the names of stocks to be traded in, above which are placed receptacles for account cards, the side portions of the board being also provided at onev side with receptacles for account cards, and at the opposite side with receptacles for price cards.

7. in a stock game device of the class described, a box provided with two shafts, a price tape connected with said shafts and adapted to be wound on either, a name wheel mounted on one of said shafts and adapted to turn therewith and independently there of, and means for turning either of said shafts so as to wind the tape thereon.

8. A stock game device of the class described comprising a base board provided with longitudinal spaces adapted to receive price cards, receptacles adapted to receive price cards, and two sets of receptacles adapted to receive account cards, said base board being also provided at one end thereof with a box containing a price tape and a name wheel.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention l have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 10th day of January 191%.

CHAR-LES H. GESSNER.

Vitnesses G. MULREANY, H. C. Ti-roirrson.

Copies of this patient may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of resents. Washington, ID. 4U. 

